Re: Phonology and Morphology
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 20, 2007, 14:32 |
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Hallo!
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:50:23 -0800, David J. Peterson wrote:
> I think you've confused the meaning of the term "morphology".
> Leaving aside the controversial nature of the morpheme for now,
> you seem to have use the word "morphology" when you meant
> "phonotactics". [...]
I think it is actually Rick Morneau's fault who uses the term
"morphology" that way, contrary to the way it is used in
linguistics. This is one of the terminological mistakes which
have propagated like bushfire in the conlang community, like
Justin B. Rye's use of "experiencer" for an intransitive subject.
Any beginning conlanger should work his way through an introductory
textbook of linguistics in order to learn the terminology (and a
handful of useful facts about languages).
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